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Power ministers' meet adds cyber security, digital payment to agenda

Move is in line with the BJP-led Centre government pushing for digitisation in several departments

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Shreya Jai New Delhi
In a first, the quarterly Conference of Power, Renewable Energy and Mines, ministers of states and  union territories would dwell over concerns on cyber security and digital payments in its upcoming meeting. The move is in line with the BJP-led Centre government pushing for digitisation in several departments. The four ministries under Piyush Goyal, minister of state (independent charge) have been leading the way in digital monitoring with highest number of mobile apps.

“Power sector is identified as one of the sectors vulnerable to cyber attacks. Power sector has started deploying smart grid technologies, the operations in such groups

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